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217 - [NATURAL HISTORY] Johann Friedrich WILLHELM HERBST - An Attempt at a Natural History of Crabs and Crustaceans, Along with a Systematic Description of Their Various Species
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[NATURAL HISTORY] Johann Friedrich WILLHELM HERBST - An Attempt at a Natural History of Crabs and Crustaceans, Along with a Systematic Description of Their Various Species Joh. Caspar Fuessly, Zurich, 1782 - A rare German-language work on the natural history of crabs and crustaceans. This copy contains only the first two volumes The first volume contains the first part of the text, including an engraved portrait of the author, along with all 25 of the first plates; the second volume contains the second part of the text and the next 25 plates—for a total of 50 fold-out plates engraved and watercolored at the time. Since this work was published in installments, it is often incomplete; this copy includes only 50 of the 62 plates and is missing the final installment of the text. Later 19th-century half-percaline bindings, smooth spines with title labels; bindings show some wear, hinges are damaged, but the interior is in fresh condition. In-4, 274 pp. (IV in the middle of the pagination) (2ff.) 48 pp. – 225 pp.; 66 pp.
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